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Mie Honda Heat Mie Honda Heat 30 - 38 Toyota Verblitz Toyota Verblitz

Full time

04 May 2025

Japan League One D1

Stage: Conference B Round 17

Suzuka Sports Garden

Mie Honda Heat vs Toyota Verblitz head to head

In an exciting encounter, Toyota Verblitz defeated Mie Honda Heat 38-30 at the Suzuka Sports Garden. Verblitz opened the scoring early with a try from Tupou, followed by successful conversions from Komura. Despite a strong response from Mie Honda, including penalties and a try from Banks, Verblitz maintained their lead with multiple tries, including a brace from Hikosaka. Mie Honda's Kobayashi received a yellow card, impacting their momentum. The second half saw Uemura and Mostert scoring for the home side, but Verblitz's relentless attack led to more points. A late try from Banks kept the Heat competitive, but it wasn't enough to secure victory. Shinya Komura's kicking and strategic play proved crucial for Verblitz's win.

Weather

Temperature: 21.4°C (Feels like 20.2°C) Condition: MostlyClear Wind: 16.1 km/h, gusting to 35.0 km/h Humidity: 48% Cloud Cover: 21%

Highlights

Events

  • Kickoff
  • 4'

    Try

    William Tupou 路 Toyota Verblitz

    0 - 5
  • 5'

    Conversion

    Shinya Komura 路 Toyota Verblitz

    0 - 7
  • 9'

    Penalty

    Gwangtee Oh 路 Mie Honda Heat

    3 - 7
  • 11'

    Try

    Joseph Manu 路 Toyota Verblitz

    3 - 12
  • 14'

    Penalty

    Gwangtee Oh 路 Mie Honda Heat

    6 - 12
  • 15'

    Try

    Yoshikatsu Hikosaka 路 Toyota Verblitz

    6 - 17
  • 16'

    Conversion

    Shinya Komura 路 Toyota Verblitz

    6 - 19
  • 19'

    Yellow Card

    Ryota Kobayashi 路 Mie Honda Heat

  • 29'

    Yellow Card Complete

    Ryota Kobayashi 路 Mie Honda Heat

  • 31'

    Try

    Josh Dickson 路 Toyota Verblitz

    6 - 24
  • 31'

    Conversion

    Shinya Komura 路 Toyota Verblitz

    6 - 26
  • 33'

    Substitution

    Pablo Matera on for Tevita Tupou 路 Mie Honda Heat

  • 35'

    Try

    Tom Banks 路 Mie Honda Heat

    11 - 26
  • 40'

    Try

    Yoshikatsu Hikosaka 路 Toyota Verblitz

    11 - 31
  • Halftime 11 - 31
  • Second Half
  • 46'

    Substitution

    Shogo Nezuka on for Azuma Doei 路 Mie Honda Heat

  • 49'

    Try

    Haruhiko Uemura 路 Mie Honda Heat

    16 - 31
  • 50'

    Conversion

    Gwangtee Oh 路 Mie Honda Heat

    18 - 31
  • 54'

    Substitution

    Gaku Shimizu on for Shogo Miura 路 Toyota Verblitz

  • 54'

    Substitution

    Kaito Shigeno on for Aaron Smith 路 Toyota Verblitz

  • 54'

    Substitution

    Runya Che on for Yusuke Kizu 路 Toyota Verblitz

  • 61'

    Try

    Franco Mostert 路 Mie Honda Heat

    23 - 31
  • 62'

    Substitution

    Daichi Akiyama on for Adre Smith 路 Toyota Verblitz

  • 64'

    Substitution

    Connor Wihongi on for Tony Hunt 路 Mie Honda Heat

  • 66'

    Try

    Viliame Tuidraki 路 Toyota Verblitz

    23 - 36
  • 66'

    Substitution

    Keito Aoki on for William Tupou 路 Toyota Verblitz

  • 67'

    Conversion

    Shinya Komura 路 Toyota Verblitz

    23 - 38
  • 68'

    Substitution

    Ikuma Yamada on for Koki Hida 路 Mie Honda Heat

  • 68'

    Substitution

    Katsuyuki Hoshino on for Matthys Basson 路 Mie Honda Heat

  • 68'

    Substitution

    Takumi Fujii on for Tatsuhiko Tsurukawa 路 Mie Honda Heat

  • 68'

    Substitution

    Matt McGahan on for Viliame Tuidraki 路 Toyota Verblitz

  • 68'

    Substitution

    Ryuhei Arita on for Yoshikatsu Hikosaka 路 Toyota Verblitz

  • 69'

    Substitution

    Jan Hendrik Swanepoel on for Franco Mostert 路 Mie Honda Heat

  • 70'

    Substitution

    Blair Ryall on for Kosei Miki 路 Toyota Verblitz

  • 70'

    Substitution

    Hayata Nakao on for Gwangtee Oh 路 Mie Honda Heat

  • 73'

    Yellow Card

    Blair Ryall 路 Toyota Verblitz

  • 81'

    Try

    Tom Banks 路 Mie Honda Heat

    28 - 38
  • 82'

    Conversion

    Larry Sulunga 路 Mie Honda Heat

    30 - 38
  • Fulltime 30 - 38

Player ratings

Mie Honda Heat
  • 15 Tom Banks 7.9
  • 14 Haruhiko Uemura 6.9
  • 13 Tevita Li 6.1
  • 12 Kyogo Okano 6.4
  • 11 Larry Sulunga 7.9
  • 10 Gwangtee Oh 6.0
  • 9 Azuma Doei 6.3
  • 1 Tatsuhiko Tsurukawa 6.6
  • 2 Koki Hida 6.8
  • 3 Matthys Basson 6.5
  • 4 Mark Abbott 6.7
  • 5 Franco Mostert 6.4
  • 6 Ryota Kobayashi 5.4
  • 7 Tony Hunt 6.5
  • 8 Tevita Tupou 5.5
  • 16 Ikuma Yamada 6.4
  • 17 Takumi Fujii 5.9
  • 18 Katsuyuki Hoshino 5.8
  • 19 Connor Wihongi 6.1
  • 20 Jan Hendrik Swanepoel 5.9
  • 21 Shogo Nezuka 6.9
  • 22 Hayata Nakao 5.5
  • 23 Pablo Matera 6.7
Toyota Verblitz
  • 15 Taichi Takahashi 7.0
  • 14 Joseph Manu 7.7
  • 13 Siosaia Fifita 6.2
  • 12 Nicholas McCurran 7.6
  • 11 Viliame Tuidraki 8.0
  • 10 Shinya Komura 6.7
  • 9 Aaron Smith 6.5
  • 1 Shogo Miura 7.1
  • 2 Yoshikatsu Hikosaka 9.1
  • 3 Yusuke Kizu 6.7
  • 4 Adre Smith 6.6
  • 5 Josh Dickson 7.5
  • 6 William Tupou 8.7
  • 7 Kosei Miki 6.8
  • 8 Kazuki Himeno 7.4
  • 16 Ryuhei Arita 6.7
  • 17 Gaku Shimizu 5.7
  • 18 Runya Che 6.2
  • 19 Daichi Akiyama 6.2
  • 20 Keito Aoki 6.3
  • 21 Blair Ryall 4.9
  • 22 Kaito Shigeno 6.4
  • 23 Matt McGahan 6.8